clear rims

[always painting]

How they lookin

[Greg Wann]

Those are very nice. I have made clear wheels before. If you do a search online they actually exist in real life for 1:1 vehicles. Paint the back edge of the diameter with red paint or any color and the color will come through the front. You can also add a little transparent paint and you can make them cool colors. Go to a automotive paint store and buy a small amount of transparent black and transparent white paint. You can use the white paint to create those storage bottles under the hood for holding windshield wiper fluid and radiator coolant. Once the bottles are made you can add a little clear back in the open side and then fill it up with a color that replicates coolant or wiper fluid. Once turned back upright it appears to be mostly full of coolant or windshield wiper fluid. You can use the black to make smoke colored items. What clear is that you are using? I have tried several. So far I have had the best success with a Polytek product.

http://smcbofphx.proboards.com/thread/1212/1970-gsx-buick?page=1

The above link will take you to a flipnose Buick GSX that John Teresi built. These are some of the parts that I made. I made the storage bottles and he made them look filled.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Greg Wann

[always painting]

Very nice build an thanks for the tip an not sure what type of clear I used but it took 48 hours to dry

[Greg Wann]

Clear resin can be a real pain in curing. 48 hours is too long. you might adjust your mix by a couple of drops. one part will have a tendency to crystallize. Probably part "A", add more of this if it mixes 1:1 by volume. Go to the plumbing section of Ace Hardware or maybe a Home Depot and purchase a small container of silicone grease. Apply some to the bottle cap threads. This will help insure that the tops are easy to unscrew. It is inert to resin and will not cause it to malfunction for curing. If you mix some clear resin and it does not fully cure you can use a cheap plastic bag. press the bag against the uncured resin and it should pull out of the mold without damaging it. You don't want to scratch or fingerprint the inside of your mold. I made some gold parts using HOK transparent gold paint for a Pontiac TA project. I sent the parts to Ken Boyer to finish. My building skills were not up to the projects end result I imagined.

[always painting]

I looked on line and I found one that drys in 20 minutes

[Greg Wann]

What brand is it?